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Donalee L Tabern
Co-invented the general anesthetic Pentothal.
Rusi Taleyarkhan - Bubble Fusion
Invented a bubble fusion reactor.
Rusi Taleyarkhan - Variable Velocity Bullets
Invented variable velocity bullets.
Toyoichi Tanaka
Invented Smart Gels, a synthetic (polyacrylamide) polymer gel with unusual properties.
Ralph Teetor
A prolific and blind inventor who invented cruise control.
Thomas Telford
Built the great highways in North Wales and the Scottish Highlands through districts formerly almost inaccessible.
Edward Teller
The history of hydrogen bomb.
Lewis Temple
The toggle iron harpoon was designed in 1848 and was the standard harpoon used in American whaling from the mid-19th through the early 20th centuries.
Nikola Tesla
Invented an AC motor and transformer, X-Ray technology, a vacuum tube amplifier and the Tesla Coil. Claimed the invention of an electrical generator that would not "consume any fuel".
Mark Thatcher
Invented Teva Sandals.
Valerie Thomas
Received a patent in 1980 for inventing an illusion transmitter.
Benjamin Thompson/Count Rumford
Invented the Rumford fireplace in 1796.
John Thompson
Inventor of the Tommy gun.
John Henry Thompson
Invented lingo programming used in Macromedia Director and Shockwave.
Benjamin Tilghman
Benjamin Tilghman received the first British patent for sand blasting equipment in 1870.
Henry Timken
Henry Timken invented the Timken or tapered roller bearings.
Max Tishler
Max Tishler invented methods for synthesizing the essential vitamin B2 and a poultry disease antibiotic.
Charles Townes
Charles Townes invented the Maser (Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission).
Brent Townshend
The 56K modem was invented by Dr. Brent Townshend in 1996.
Jethro Tull
Agricultural pioneer who invented the seed drill in 1701.
Earl S Tupper
Earl Tupper invented Tupperware.
Evangelista Torricelli
The barometer was invented by Evangelista Torricelli in 1643. The history of the barometer.
Richard Trevithick
The first locomotive in the world was built by Richard Trevithick in 1804.
Ann Tsukamoto
The co-patenter of a process to isolate the human stem cell.

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